chouse English
Verb
To cheat, to trick.
* '', 1853, J. Forster (editor), ''The Works of Walter Savage Landor , Volume 1, page 29 ,
- I cannot think otherwise than that the undertaker of the aforecited poesy hath choused your Highness; for I have seen painted, I know not where, the identically same Dian, with full as many nymphs, as he calls them, and more dogs.
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(US, regional) To handle, to take care of.
* 1980 , John R. Erickson, Panhandle Cowboy , page 79 ,
- This gave the roundup the appearance of a cavalry charge, and a stranger observing the procedure for the first time might have thought we were a bunch of green, possibly drunken cowboys making sport out of chousing' cattle. But we weren't ' chousing them, we were just trying to keep them in sight, and for a very good reason.
Synonyms
* (cheat) cheat, trick
Noun
( en noun)
One who is easily cheated; a gullible person.
- (Hudibras)
A trick; a sham.
- (Johnson)
A swindler.
- (Ben Jonson)
( Webster 1913)
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overreach English
Noun
( overreaches)
The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
The act of extending or reaching too far, overextension.
*2010 , Brian Montopoli, CBS News Obama: People Saw "Overreach" in My Actions :
- But, you know, I'm sympathetic to folks who looked at it and said, 'This is looking like potential overreach .'"
Verb
To reach above or beyond in any direction.
To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.
* 1594 , , III. ii. 144:
- We'll overreach the greybeard Gremio,
* 1599 , , V. i. 78:
- This might be / the pate of a politician, which this ass now o'erreaches ; / one that would circumvent God, might it not?
To reach too far
(of horses) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot.
(nautical) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
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